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Attendance Tally: Every Big Ten Basketball Team’s Highest Home Attendance In 2019-20

Plus, a look at some other sports!

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Peak Home Attendance for Big Ten Basketball Teams in 2019-20

Ohio State Buckeyes: 19,049 (over capacity; Jan. 3 vs Wisconsin; 4 other sellouts)

Maryland Terrapins: 17,950 (sellout; twice)

Wisconsin Badgers: 17,287 (sellout; 8 times)

Indiana Hoosiers: 17,222 (sellout; 14 times)

Nebraska Cornhuskers: 15,925 (over capacity; Jan. 18th vs Indiana; 12 other sellouts)

Illinois Fighting Illini: 15,554 (sellout; 5 times)

Penn State NIttany Lions: 15,261 (sellout; Feb. 8th vs Minnesota)

Iowa Hawkeyes: 15,056 (sellout; 4 times)

Michigan State Spartans: 14,797 (sellout; 16 of 16 home games)

Purdue Boilermakers: 14,804 (sellout; 17 of 17 home games)

Minnesota Golden Gophers: 14,625 (sellout; Feb. 16th vs Iowa)

Michigan Wolverines: 12,707 (sellout; 14 times)

Rutgers Scarlet Knights: 8,329 (over capacity, Dec. 14 vs Seton Hall; 9 other sellouts)

Northwestern Wildcats: 7,039 (sellout; Feb 27th vs Illinois)

Other Big Ten Sporting Event Attendance Of Note:

***Note that these are not necessarily the high water marks for these teams***

Penn State wrestling vs. Ohio State: 15,995

Iowa Wrestling vs. Penn State: 14,905

Wisconsin Men’s Ice Hockey vs Minnesota (2/1): 13,506

Michigan State Women’s Basketball vs Michigan (2/23): 11,462

Michigan Women’s Basketball vs Michigan State (1/5): 11,068

Ohio State Men’s Ice Hockey vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish (1/18): 9,835

Ohio State Women’s Basketball vs UConn Huskies (11/24): 8,909

Nebraska Women’s Volleyball vs Stanford Cardinal (Wed, 9/18): 8,632

Maryland Women’s Basketball vs Wagner Seahawks (Nov. 5th): 8,368

Minnesota Men’s Ice Hockey vs Niagara (10/19): 7,802

Purdue Women’s Basketball vs Rutgers (1/5): 7,441

Michigan Women’s Gymnastics vs Ohio State (2/9): 7,105

Wisconsin Women’s Volleyball: 7,052 (sellout; 17 of 17 home games)

Iowa Women’s Basketball vs Illinois (12/31): 6,942

Michigan State Men’s Ice Hockey vs Michigan (11/16): 6,552

Penn State Men’s Ice Hockey vs Notre Dame (2/1): 6,475

Wisconsin Women’s Basketball vs. Iowa (1/19): 6,460

Northwestern Men’s Basketball at DePaul Blue Demons (12/21): 6,357